Election week in Trumpland: algae, space proclamations and a deflection of blame
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- The Guardian US reports: “Donald Trump’s unrelenting focus on the ‘beautification of Washington’ and Fox News ratings did not stop the Democrats’ decisive midterm election winsThis was originally published in This Week in T…”
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